This is a tradition Dr Johnston and his team are proudly continuing. 1969 was a momentous year for Practice Founder, Dr Karl Skopal, as he describes here:
“I had just left a dental practice at Woomera after 6 years and set up a new practice in my first house in Para Hills. "Newlywed, our son was born later that year at about the same time that Ingle Farm Kmart (the first Kmart in South Australia)
was being built in the middle of a large sheep paddock.
“I was fortunate enough to gain a tenancy within the shopping mall and watched as the foundations were laid and the Ingle Farm Shopping Centre took shape. Built by the legendary entrepreneur of shopping centres, Mr Jack Weinert, he extended it twice over the years until he finally sold it. "The new owners added more shops around the Food Mart. All the suburbs around expanded with new housing in Ingle Farm, Para Hills, Valley View, Para Vista and Walkley Heights and as the suburbs expanded, so did the practice.
“Eventually, the original surgery premises that had served us so well for 37 years became far too small to cope with increasing demand. "In 2006, we took the opportunity to relocate to new premises, with modern equipment, and a more efficient layout in a prime position at the Northern entrance to the shopping centre. "The spacious surroundings made it a pleasure to come to work.”
After working in the practice for 16 years, Dr. Skopal’s daughter Dr. Angela Schuurmans became a partner in July 2010. When Dr. Skopal retired, Dr Schuurmans took over as Practice Principal.
